Inception
 

Just got back from the first showing and all I kept thinking was, "How is this better than the Dark Knight?" and "If Lost and Shutter Island had a baby..."

First hour was lousy but the last hour (minus the "location-stolen-from-James Bond") was quite good. However, there was absolutely no exposition/origins on the technology being used and even until the end dialog was being used to "flesh-out" what was occurring. A quick 30 seconds of text at the beginning explaining what the characters did would have helped immensely. So in a word it was quite convoluted.

That said, it looked good, the acting was good, and the last hour made up some ground.

Rating: *** out of ****

Sequence of movie:http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo.../confused1.gif [yawn] [help] http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/excited1.gif [shocked] http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/wink1.gif

I thought it was way better than the Dark Knight. I wasnt looking for an explanation of the tech because there is none its fake. It seems you weren't able to understand what the characters did even though when he is assembling the team he was saying exactly what their purpose was. As for the first hour I dont see what could've been the problem. Maybe you should go see it again it seems a lot of it went over your head.

You mean the technology isn't real? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/blink1.gif

Unlike other movies from which influences were drawn, there was no exposition and Nolan's "interpretation" of dream world was severely lacking. What was the point of the snow base at the end? None really.

I think the biggest problem I had was outside of Cobb's story, people weren't fleshed out. Ellen Page just gets pulled aside and all of a sudden she's a "dream architect" and she didn't even know what was happening 30 seconds earlier.

Half of the reviews and opinions of the movie was that it is extremely convoluted, and unlike Shutter Island which was able to explain every frame away, this was more of a experience than a story. I guess I just tried to make sense of what was happening.http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/unsure1.gif

it's getting really good reviews which is encouraging. It just about the only movie i've been remotely interested in this summer. definately gonna see it this week.

One of the movies I'm interesting in this summer along with Machete and The Expendables.

Don't forget to use spoilers in this topic btw.

Could anyone explain to me why in the IMDB the ratings change between the top 250 and the rating when you check the details of the movie. It's rated 8.3 in the top 250 and 9.3 in the moviedetails.

Excellent review. :)

I just watched it few hrs ago.. weird that compared to a Batman movie... its like comparing fps with rts @:P

Kinda expected the ending http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/wink1.gif

3/4 stars?.. or 3/5 stars?... http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/unsure1.gif

Imo, for this movie i rated it 3/5 tomatoes http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/cool1.gif

lol.. yeah, those emoticons pretty much sums up, as i just watched it few hrs ago.


Spoiler!

Abt the technology for inception, i thought theres isnt one?.. if im not wrong, the machine their are using throughout the movie its just a "sedative" machine... no?.. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/blush1.gif

Abt the whole movie, basically all its just a dream rite?.. just wanna reconfirm it.. heh http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/tongue1.gif



Cheers http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/smile1.gif

The Batman thing is due to Nolan's last film and many reviews state that Inception is better than it. Not material-wise, just director.

As for your spoiler theory:

[spoilers--maybe]Right after Leo meets Ellen, he explains to her that the tech was developed by the military to "train" soldiers using lethal methods that only "killed" them in their dreams. So it is a technoology based premise. but again, no exposition to what was going on.[spoilers]

Imagine if the Matrix trilogy began with the second and third parts, and you have an idea of why it's so convoluted.

Yea, i knew abt the same director.

Anyways, i like both movies http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/wink1.gif

As for your spoiler theory:

[spoilers--maybe]Right after Leo meets Ellen, he explains to her that the tech was developed by the military to "train" soldiers using lethal methods that only "killed" them in their dreams. So it is a technology based premise. but again, no exposition to what was going on.[spoilers]

Imagine if the Matrix trilogy began with the second and third parts, and you have an idea of why it's so convoluted. [spoilers--maybe]The thing its that... it could one of those movie that mess up our mind and actually the whole scenario (from the beginning till end) including Ellen is Cobb's imagination/dream... @:P.[spoilers]

Saw it up in the city tonight and very much enjoyed it. I think I might have to go see it again in an XD theater.

Brilliant brilliant film.

Been meaning to watch if since i saw the trailer, but i couldnt help but notice how much similarities (concept wise) to the movie 'the cell' (the one which has j.lo in it)

It seems to be getting good reviews, going to wait until it arrives in BluRay.

This had to be one of the best films I've seen in a long time. The pace was a little bit messed up, and I could see room for going farther, but DAMN. Completely messes with your mind and the acting / directing was superb. A must see IMO. The whole theater was making noise, and I haven't heard that in many years.

I enjoyed this film alot, it was nice to experience a new action/espionage concept.

Spoiler alert:
The story begins in medias res as a way of mimicking the dream-state experience. Dreams lack concrete beginnings. At various points in the film, DiCaprio's character uses this knowledge to function as a crude test in determining whether he is in a dream-state. Beginning in the middle of things is a dramatic device that dates at least as far back as ancient Greece. And the film is replete with classical allusions: Plato's Republic, the Odyssey, labyrinths and the myth of Ariadne are all referenced.

So I wouldn't say the story is convoluted. Even from the start, it's actually quite easy to follow. And though the plot gets more intricate towards the end with frenetic editing and multiple levels of reality occurring simultaneously, it's meticulously well structured. The sudden, unexpected cross-cuts used frequently throughout the film serve to disorient the viewer and further mimic the fragmentary nature of dreams (a clue to the ending). Nolan knows better than to coddle his audience. If you've seen Momento then the fractured narrative and unreliability of memory shouldn't come as much of a shock.

Inception is a philosophically rich film that is far, far superior to TDK as a work of filmmaking. It's nice to see Nolan returning to form.

Saw it Sunday night, great movie. I want to see it again, and catch the stuff I missed. A nice surprise for 2010.

Paranormal Activity 2 trailer before the movie was may be one of the scarier trailers I've seen. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/unsure1.gif

Mate, I'm not being funny but a girl in our admin department understood it perfectly and she's as dumb as mud.

100
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Inception does a difficult thing. It is wholly original, cut from new cloth, and yet structured with action movie basics so it feels like it makes more sense than (quite possibly) it does.

30
Movieline Stephanie Zacharek
Everything he (Nolan) does is forced and overthought, and Inception, far from being his ticket into hall-of-fame greatness, is a very expensive-looking, elephantine film whose myriad so-called complexities -- of both the emotional and intellectual sort -- add up to a kind of ADD tedium.


25
New York Observer Rex Reed
I'd like to tell you just how bad Inception really is, but since it is barely even remotely lucid, no sane description is possible


Like I said, and Sparafucil backs this up, the movie is more of an experience than a story.
Nolan (and his marketers) needed to make the decision to have this movie either be an expensive indie production ( in the vein of Memento and The Machinist) or a summer heist flick. Trying to make it a hybrid didn't work. Like I said, I enjoyed it, but I was expecting it to be an intro to a new realm of possibilities akin to what was introduced in the Matrix or Minority Report.

There really is nothing "to get."

I was just pulling your leg.......